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  • U.S.*Baughman.
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Filed under Deceptive horse-sale.

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Horse which will not go over trees. Salesman tells buyer that he is selling the horse because it eats too much and will not climb trees. On the way home the horse bites everyone and refuses to cross a bridge. Seller is literally correctThe horse swifter than the rain. Caught in the rain, a trickster finds that his horse will not budge. He undresses, puts his clothes under the horse's belly and keeps them dry. When he reaches the king, he reports that his horse has run so fast that he has had no time to get wet. The king buys the horseTrickster grooms master's old mule and then sells him back without detection at huge profitTrickster in disguise regains possession of his own horse by trading with man whom he has duped once beforeOwner trades a blind horse. He gives a description that is literally correctPerson trades a dead horseTrickster temporarily lames valuable horse and buys him for trifle
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The horse swifter than the rain. Caught in the rain, a trickster finds that his horse will not budge. He undresses, puts his clothes under the horse's belly and keeps them dry. When he reaches the king, he reports that his horse has run so fast that he has had no time to get wet. The king buys the horse

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